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6656333

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-2-14
pubmed:abstractText
This study examines the use of nonpsychiatric services by mentally ill persons following the receipt of specialized mental health care, frequently referred to as the "offset effect." A total of 9,761 persons enrolled during 1975 in the Columbia Medical Plan, a prepaid group practice in Columbia, Maryland, were studied over a 5-year period. Enrollees were classified into three groups: Treated--mental disorder diagnosis in 1975 and specialized mental health care in 1975; Untreated--mental disorder diagnosis in 1975 but no specialized mental health care in that year; and Comparison--neither mental disorder diagnosis nor specialized mental health care in 1975. The nonpsychiatric utilization for these groups was compared for 1973-1977. Specialized mental health care appears to have a short-term effect on nonpsychiatric utilization by attenuating the peak in use. Mentally ill persons without specialized mental health care in 1975 also reduced their use of nonpsychiatric services in 1976-1977. The utilization changes were more likely to occur in primary care departments, rather than nonpsychiatric specialty care departments. A diagnosis of mental disorder in either 1973 or 1974 was associated with a larger offset effect.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0025-7079
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1099-110
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
A longitudinal study of offset in the use of nonpsychiatric services following specialized mental health care.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.